Super Appliances
Are you in the market for a fridge that can download email?
Skills: Answering True, False and Not Given questions, grammar - choosing the correct verb forms.
Upper-Intermediate Lesson Updated: 5 February 2003

Chew!
It's good for the brain!Skills: Vocabulary, reading comprehension and grammar - spot the mistakes.
Intermediate

Sue them!
Do you think people sue each other too often? Look at this student's essay.Skills: Writing, vocabulary and grammar. There are 7 exercises to do.Upper-Intermediate

Warning: Money
A survey about being rich.Skills: Understanding graphs, word forms and grammar - the second conditional.Pre-Intermediate

Wedding Dress Record
The history of Valentine's Day. Do you know who Valentine was? Listen and find out. Then practise using adjectives in the right order. There are 6 exercises for you to do.
Skills: Listening and grammar - adjective order.Pre-Intermediate

Do You Want To Save The Planet?
Listen to a delegate talking about why she doesn't travel by air to U.N. conferences
on climate change and then practise using transport prepositions.Skills: Listening and grammar - prepositions.Intermediate

Disposable?
Listen to what old diapers are to be used for and then practise your grammar.Skills: Listening and grammar - what do you need to use next, the -ing form or to + infinitive?Intermediate

Bah-Humbug!
A British man went underground behind blast-proof doors and 10-foot-thick concrete in an effort to escape the stresses of a family Christmas. There are 4 exercises for you to do.
Skills: Listening and answering questions, completing a cloze and adding missing sentences.Intermediate

Landmine Danger
Landmines in Afghanistan Skills: Complete the summary of an article and write a letter to the editor of a newspaper. There are 6 exercises for you to do.Intermediate

The Harmful Effects of Scolding
Bringing Up ChildrenSkills: Listening to a personal account and vocabulary development - working with word forms.Upper-Intermediate to Advanced

Model E FordTopic: Memos in the workplace. Skills: Writing a business memo. Complete the text by inserting the missing clauses.Upper-Intermediate to Advanced

You Can't Copy That!Title: Court Battle Over Champagne
A group of Swiss wine makers who are doing battle over the right to use the name "champagne".Skills: Text reconstruction - add the missing words.Upper-Intermediate

Long HoursTopic: Memos in the workplaceSkills: Ordering a business memo.Upper-Intermediate to Advanced

The ParanormalTopic: The life of a ghost and before.Skills: Grammar - Using used to, would or the past simple.Intermediate

Yummy Fish
Listen to the report on the stressful lives of fish.Skills: Listening and grammar - spotting mistakes and ordering present perfect sentences. 5 exercises to do.Elementary to Pre-Intermediate

I Want To Be Alone
Who got the job? Do these follow-up exercises to interview the candidates and then read about who did get the job.Skills: Question and paragraph ordering, reading comprehension.Intermediate

Irukandji Sting
This follow-up article has more news on these wee critters. Skills: Listening and reading comprehension - 3 exercisesIntermediate

Let's Close The Town
What has the government decided to do to the town? Find out in this follow-on article.Skills: Grammar and writing - before + -ing. Completing a cloze.Intermediate to Upper-Intermediate

Computers Can Harm Kids
There are three exercises to do: scan to match opinions answers answer True, False, Not Given questions. Then choose the most appropriate words to complete this essay: Using computers every day can have more negative than positive effects on children. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.Intermediate

Inauthentic Parmesan?Title: Court Battle Over ChampagneA group of Swiss wine makers who are doing battle over the right to use the name "champagne".Skills: Text reconstruction - add the missing words.Upper-Intermediate